The economy would be better if more people respected copyright law. Agree/disagree

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Re: The economy would be better if more people respected copyright law. Agree/disagr

Originally Posted by Viktyr Korimir

Nothing else in our society works that way.

You mean like musicians, prints of artist's paintings, software developers?

If anything, I think novelists aren't paid nearly well enough for the work they put into it. A very large number are superior in caliber to Stephen King, for instance, but must maintain "a real job" just to keep going.

Re: The economy would be better if more people respected copyright law. Agree/disagr

Originally Posted by EagleAye

You mean like musicians, prints of artist's paintings, software developers?

If anything, I think novelists aren't paid nearly well enough for the work they put into it. A very large number are superior in caliber to Stephen King, for instance, but must maintain "a real job" just to keep going.

Stephen King "hit it" and I actually like his work. What I do not like is it becoming the end end all and be all of horror. But hey that is how industry works. Kill the competition.

Re: The economy would be better if more people respected copyright law. Agree/disagr

I didn't vote because your choices were sorely lacking.

I disagree for the simple fact that compared to other things copyright infringement of the kind that is normally done on the internet (books, movies, music) only affects minor industries. Those industries are industries that do not make this country run.

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Re: The economy would be better if more people respected copyright law. Agree/disagr

Originally Posted by Kal'Stang

I didn't vote because your choices were sorely lacking.

I disagree for the simple fact that compared to other things copyright infringement of the kind that is normally done on the internet (books, movies, music) only affects minor industries. Those industries are industries that do not make this country run.

Ever hear of cultural imperialism? Why do you think the world over people from China to France to India recognize Micky Mouse?

Re: The economy would be better if more people respected copyright law. Agree/disagr

Originally Posted by Kal'Stang

I disagree for the simple fact that compared to other things copyright infringement of the kind that is normally done on the internet (books, movies, music) only affects minor industries. Those industries are industries that do not make this country run.

I think the question of the original OP was whether or not piracy was harming the economy. For me, the answer is an emphatic, NO! That would be like thinking a mosquito bite could knock a Clydesdale unconscious.

Re: The economy would be better if more people respected copyright law. Agree/disagr

Originally Posted by Kal'Stang

I didn't vote because your choices were sorely lacking.

I disagree for the simple fact that compared to other things copyright infringement of the kind that is normally done on the internet (books, movies, music) only affects minor industries. Those industries are industries that do not make this country run.

No offense but what do you call a "minor industry"? There are hundreds of thousands of people in this country who are employed directly or indirectly because of those minor industries. Just a simple example:

1 movie/show production employs - carpenters, drivers, caterers, assistants at every level, sound engineers etc. I'm not even counting all the other menial things that aren't ever included in the credits. Now multiply this by the hundreds of studio productions that go on every year on both coasts. What is "minor" about it?

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Re: The economy would be better if more people respected copyright law. Agree/disagr

Originally Posted by EagleAye

I think the question of the original OP was whether or not piracy was harming the economy. For me, the answer is an emphatic, NO! That would be like thinking a mosquito bite could knock a Clydesdale unconscious.

I think it has given more control to the powers that control distribution than any time in history and marginalized artists.

Re: The economy would be better if more people respected copyright law. Agree/disagr

Originally Posted by Viktyr Korimir

Nothing else in our society works that way.

Which commercially sold product in this country can you simply take advantage of without paying for it first? Lets just take for example C.S. Lewis? Can you simply take one of his books from a shelf without paying for it because he's been dead for 50 years? Obviously you wouldn't walk into a book store and take one of those books there regardless of how long the author has been deceased. So what's so different about doing the same thing with IP? That's what people who defend the theft of IP can't seem to answer. If they wouldn't steal the physical representation of the works, what makes stealing the digital version any less of a theft?

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Re: The economy would be better if more people respected copyright law. Agree/disagr

Originally Posted by Hatuey

Which commercially sold product in this country can you simply take advantage of without paying for it first? Lets just take for example C.S. Lewis? Can you simply take one of his books from a shelf without paying for it because he's been dead for 50 years? Obviously you wouldn't walk into a book store and take one of those books there regardless of how long the author has been deceased. So what's so different about doing the same thing with IP? That's what people who defend the theft of IP can't seem to answer. If they wouldn't steal the physical representation of the works, what makes stealing the digital version any less of a theft?